Genjitsushugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki

Chapter 5: As a Ruler AB (behind the scenes) – Meanwhile, The BlackClothed One[1]

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Minasan oideyasu. This is Yukkuri demasu!

I want to actually release this hours agobut then there was this sudden hotel meeting I need to partic.i.p.ate, so it getdelayed so late in the night (here is midnight right now).

Also, I mostly didn’t translate honorific,as I feel the j.a.panese Honorific convey social status / relationship betterthan the English one. Or perhaps, it’s just because of my Asian background…

DISCLAIMER: There is noguarantee that my translation is 100% correct. Please correct me if I waswrong.

Author:

Dozeumaru(どぜう丸)

Translator:

Yukkuri Oniisan

Editor:

So-Chintzy

Postwar Arc

Chapter 5: As a Ruler AB (behind the scenes) – Meanwhile, The BlackClothed One[1]

On the day when Elfrieden Kingdom’s(Temporary) King, Souma, accepted his Second and Third fiancées, there were twopeople conducting a discussion through the Royal Voice Broadcast at a differentplace. Elfrieden Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Hakuya Kwonmin[2],addressed Jeanne Euphoria, the Sister Princess of Maria, the Empress of the GrandChaos Empire, and who was reflected on the simple receiver set atop the table.

「Thereception is clear. It seems there are no problems in the simple receiver sets’connection. Thank you very much, Jeanne-dono, to even send a Griffon Cavalry tous.」(Hakuya)

『MySister[3]also understands the importance of what King Souma called a “Hotline”. If weestablish this, then the Empire and the Kingdom can always communicate witheach other. So shouldn’t it be a natural thing that we did this in a hurry?』(Jeanne)

Jeanne made a sweet grin on the screen.

After the Amidonian Conference, Jeannereturned to her country and reported to Empress Maria about the proposals from Souma:『TheSecret Alliance with Elfrieden Kingdom』, 『Establishing a Bilateral Hotline』, 『Eachcountry dispatching a residing Amba.s.sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[4]and establishing an emba.s.sy as the place where the amba.s.sadors will stay』. Jeannehad thought that Maria might not refuse these proposals and, sure enough, Mariareadily consented to it. Or perhaps, it could be better to say that she waslaughing exuberantly.

『Thatwas the first time I had ever seen Sister laughing like that. She seems to be quitehappy.』(Jeanne)

「Happy……is it?」(Hakuya)

『Tohave someone who shares the same value system…… In other words, someone who hasthe same way of thinking. There are not many people who can do so in theEmpire. Someone who can see eye to eye with the Holy Maiden.』(Jeanne)

「Isee.」(Hakuya)

The one who pursued the ideal andthe one who looked at the reality, not only were they separated geographically atthe eastern and western sides of the Continent, but were also separated by theirideology, but for some reason, both of them could understand each other. Certainly,it might be an interesting situation, thought Hakuya.

『Whenit is possible, I want to immediately to hold a broadcast conversation between Sisterand King Souma.』(Jeanne)

「Sinceboth of them are really busy, both of them probably don’t have time to do this.When the situation has calmed down, let us decide the time for the conversationbeforehand.」(Hakuya)

『Yes.Certainly.』(Jeanne)

Then, after a bit gossip (expressingcomplaints about their respective Lords), Jeanne asked Hakuya.

『Thereis something that has been bothering me from awhile ago. I could see a lot of booksbehind Hakuya-dono and I have the feeling that I have seen those books before fromsomewhere.』(Jeanne)

「……Ah,these books are loaned as a collateral for the indemnities payment from Van. Sincethere are many books that I want to copy before returning them, I was sorting themout until just now.」(Hakuya)

『ThePrime Minister himself personally sorted the books?』(Jeanne)

「Ofcourse, since we lack the manpower, but half of it is because it’s my pastime. Ihave a fondness for sorting books. Dividing them according to the category,lining them uniformly, sometimes turning pages of a book that caught my eyes,and finally taking pleasure at the sight of the neat book arrangement on theshelves. Books are humanity’s wisdom. The progress of the country itself. WhenI thought about how I could always read the books lined up on the shelvesbefore me……」(Hakuya)

『……』(Jeanne)

Jeanne was opening her eyes widein surprise at the sight of Hakuya’s loquaciousness. If you were talking aboutthe “Black Clothed Prime Minister”[5],then he was someone who was famous as a genius that Souma had discovered and aperson who led Gaius VIII and Julius by their noses with his Machiavellianism[6].When she personally met with him, Jeanne also had the impression that he was areally clever person. However, when Hakuya was talking about books, he had theeyes of a child. This gap[7](Hakuya’s att.i.tude that was different from his usual demeanor) left Jeanne in abit of shock.

『…… Doyou really like books?』(Jeanne)

When he heard Jeanne ask this, Hakuya’sego returned. His expression recovered back into his usual cool and composedone, but the tips of his ears were a bit red.

「*cough*……Excuse me for my conduct. I have a bit of weakness for books……」(Hakuya)

『Fufu,I think I have seen an unexpected side of you.』(Jeanne)

「Isit unexpected? I myself think that I am more suited as a librarian rather than asa prime minister.」(Hakuya)

In the first place, Hakuya’saudience with Souma, was just because his Father uncle said 『Don’tjust spend years reading books! Go out and help society!』 andinvoluntarily registered him at the Talent Event’s 『WisdomTalent』 cla.s.s. Then, he, the overall champion, had anaudience with the young king and was charmed by him. Hakuya thought that if it wasSouma, then he could make this nearly dying country get back on its feet again.[8]So he stopped being a reclusive bookworm, became a government official, andbefore he noticed it, he had already become the Prime Minister.

As a matter of fact, at that timeHakuya thought that it would already be good enough if he became an advisor tothe previous Prime Minister Marcus. However, that Marcus saw that Hakuya wasmore Prime Minister material than himself and recommended Hakuya as PrimeMinister. Thanks to this, recently Hakuya didn’t have any time to read the booksthat he liked and his days of being pressured by work, continued.

『Fumu…… Then, if I appointed you as the Chief Librarian of theImperial Library, would you come to our country? I think that our library’sbook collection is also more superior than the Kingdom’s.』(Jeanne)

「Ah.That is a quite fascinating offer.」(Hakuya)

『Isit no good?』(Jeanne)

「Ifit was before I entered into the government service, then I might have unhesitatinglyjumped at that proposal.」(Hakuya)

But, you know…… These workpressured days are also not bad, thought Hakuya. The former Hakuya would thinkthat history was only something that existed inside a book. However, currentlyhe felt that he was making history himself. By serving under Souma, who will leadthe Era of this country, Hakuya himself could become a character in thehistory. When he thought about this, it didn’t sound bad.

「CurrentlyI want to be together with His Majesty Souma when he leads the Era. Then, atsome point in the future, when the next generation has grown up, I will retireand write down this Era.」

『Acomfortable retirement, right? …… At this day and age, there might be no otherlifestyle that is more comfortable than this.』

What Jeanne said might be true. Inthis Era, it is hard to have a comfortable retirement. Between the threat fromthe Demon Lord’s Army from the north, which was gradually approaching, and anAlliance, which member countries had their own agenda, it was a hostilityfilled situation. Hakuya must settle these situations entirely for the sake of hiscomfortable retirement. Whether or not this is possible, it was something that wasbeyond his knowledge though.

『Wellthen, I will look forward to our next meeting, Hakuya-dono.』(Jeanne)

「Yes.Let us meet again, Jeanne-dono.」(Hakuya)

Jeanne ceased her communication. Fuu……Hakuya let out a sigh and stood up. He reached out his hands towards the piledup Amidonian books. The precious books, that were neglected in Amidonia’s care,had been damaged to such extent that they need mending. If Hakuya didn’t take theminto his “guardianship”, then these books would disappear from the face of theworld. Good grief…Exasperated, Hakuya picked up a book, and then……

「PrimeMinister-sama.」(MIB Agent)

In the corner of the room, therewas a kneeling man clad in black attire. His face was shrouded by a veil ofblack cloth. It was as if he was melting into the darkness of the room, thelight dimmed behind its closed doors. Hakuya asked that man.

「Howdid it go?」(Hakuya)

「Itwent well. However……」(MIB Agent)

When the man hesitated to answer,Hakuya knitted his brow.

「Didsomething happen?」(Hakuya)

「Thisis…… I feel that in many ways, we have progressed too easily. It is as if, wewere operating according to someone else’s plan……」(MIB Agent)

「Isthat so……」(Hakuya)

Hakuya dismissed the man andturned the pages of the book in his hand. Why did he take custody of the booksfrom Amidonia’s Library as the indemnities’ collateral? It was because Hakuya wasexpecting something. That is, the chance of the neglected book collection containingbooks about Amidonia’s family registry or legal jurisprudence[9].Since the Capital’s Library was usually supplied with copies of these kind ofbooks, if he could obtain those book copies, then it will be as if he hadgrasped the heart of that country. Since the Amidonian Royalty was War-Hawkish,he had expected that they wouldn’t recognize its importance. However, contraryto his expectations, amongst the confiscated books, there was only a singlecopy of that type.

That copy was what Hakuya washolding right now, a book about the current generation’s Amidonian Royalty’sgenealogy. He turned the pages and when he arrived at the last page, there wasa folded up paper interposed in it. Hakuya unfolded that pages and what hefound was a picture of “a small animal with black fur around the eyes and roundears, pulling its eyelid with one hand while sticking out its tongue[10]”.

Seeing this picture, Hakuya wasblinking his eyes in surprise, while laughing, “kukuku”.

「Isee. It seems that Amidonia isn’t lacking a ‘person’ like I had thought.」(Hakuya)

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So… Jeanne >< hakuya="" and="" maria="">< souma…="">

But since Maria is an Empress, will Souma doa Personal Union between the Kingdom and the Empire? This make me want to playCKII again……

Also, the stage for Roroa’s appearance isclose!

A realist (Souma) and a capitalist (Roroa),how will these two interact?

Also, what are Hakuya’s Man In Black Agentsdoing?

Also there is no funny Author Notes for this chapter.

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